Both of these books, one English the other German, will satisfy the needs of the reader who wants something more than a synopsis yet less than a detailed textbook of pediatrics. Each accomplishes this goal, but in a different way.
Dr. Jolly wrote his book entirely by himself, drawing on his long and varied clinical expenience in both England and West Africa. This in itself is a tremendous accomplishment because there are few pediatricians left in any country whose professional experience is broad enough for them to be able to write single-handedly a text of pediatrics in the classical tradition.
Enrique Ubieta Gomez. Red Zone: Cuba and the Battle against Ebola in West Africa. New York: Pathfinder, 2019. Translated from Spanish by Catriona Goss. 250 pp. Maps. Photos. References. Index. $17.00. Paper. ISBN: 978-1-60488-114-1.